Baked gnocchi with bacon, tomato and mozzarella
User Reviews
4.3
245 reviews
Good
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
30 mins
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Total Time
40 mins
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Servings
2 -3
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Course
Main Course, Dinner, Others
Baked gnocchi with bacon, tomato and mozzarella
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Baked gnocchi with bacon, tomato, and mozzarella is a comforting baked pasta dish featuring pillowy store-bought gnocchi cooked and combined with a rich tomato sauce made from bacon, garlic, smoked paprika, canned tomatoes, and cream or yogurt. Topped with fresh mozzarella and baked until bubbling and golden, the dish offers a satisfying blend of smoky, tangy, and creamy flavors.
Description
This recipe begins by frying chopped bacon until crisp with most fat rendered, then briefly sautéing garlic and smoked paprika in the remaining fat. Canned chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, and sugar simmer together to form a balanced sauce sweetened to offset acidity. The sauce is enriched by stirring in cream or yogurt and fresh parsley.
Gnocchi are cooked in salted boiling water until they float, signaling doneness, then added to the sauce. Everything is transferred to an oven-proof dish, topped with sliced mozzarella, and baked until the cheese melts and turns golden brown. Resting the dish before serving lets the flavors meld and sets the melted cheese.
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Ingredients
- 500 g gnocchi store-bought
- 250 g Bacon chopped
- 2 garlic crushed, cloves
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 400 g canned chopped tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- cherry tomatoes halved, handful
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons cream or yoghurt
- parsley chopped, large handful, fresh
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 100 g mozzarella cheese sliced
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 200°c.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil.
- In the meantime, make the sauce.
- In a large, hot frying pan, fry the bacon until starting to crisp with most of the fat rendered.
- Pour off most of the fat then add the garlic and smoked paprika and fry for 30 seconds.
- Add all of the tomatoes and the sugar and allow to simmer for 5 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the cream/yoghurt, parsley and seasoning.
- Cook the gnocchi in the salted water until it starts floating to the top. Remove with a slotted spoon and add to the sauce.
- Transfer the gnocchi and sauce to an oven-proof dish and top with the sliced mozzarella.
- Place in the oven and bake for 10 minutes until the mozzarella is melted and golden.
- Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 5 minutes before serving.
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Overall Rating
4.3
245 reviews
Good
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